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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 Op. 36 / Francesca da Rimini Op. 32 Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (cond) [ BIS / CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] "A very promising start to a new symphony cycle from a Stokowski protégé" (Gramophone March 2002) |
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LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI
Leoncavallo/Mascagni: I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Operas) Barbara Frittoli, Jose Cura, Carlos Alvarez, Jessye Norman, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov (conds) [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] 'The recording is rich, spacious and brilliant with glorious orchestral playing, making one marvel at the beauty and subtlety of Leoncavallo's orchestration.' A Key Recording, from The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. (I Pagliacci) |
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LORENZO PALOMO
Palomo - Cantos Del Alma / Sinfonía a Granada María Bayo (soprano), José Luis Estellés (clarinet), Vicente Coves (guitar) & Luis García Montero / City of Granada Orchestra, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 31/Mar/2008 ] His Cantos del alma (Songs of the Soul) are settings of four poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez, "a composition in which voice, clarinet and orchestra ... establish a poetic dialogue, both intimate and idyllic". Palomo's Sinfonía a Granada (Granada... |
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GEORG MUFFAT
Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus Bernard Foccroulle, Marie Rouquié [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] The collection of toccatas Apparatus musico-organisticus, published in 1690, immediately established Georg Muffat as one of the greatest organists of his century. A veritable reference in the organ repertoire, appreciated for its stylistic diversity,... |
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LEONARDO BALADA
Balada: Caprichos Nos. 1 & 5 Bertrand Piertrand Piétu (guitar)/ Aldo Mata (cello)/ Tatiana Franco (flute) / Iberian Chamber Orchestra, José Luis Temes [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Catalan-born Leonardo Balada fuses tradition with modernity and folk with the avant-garde, producing music of stunning sonorities. Caprichos No. 1 pays homage to the poet Lorca in a blend of virtuosic writing and transformative dance rhythms. In... |
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JESUS GURIDI
El caserio (The Homestead) Bilbao Choral Society / Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Juan Jose Mena (Conductor) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "An attractive zarzuela. I am sure that if you love Rodrigo's or Turina's music will find much to enjoy here. I certainly did" (MusicWeb Oct 2006) |
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JESUS GURIDI
Guridi: Sinfonia Pirenaica / etc Bilbao Choral Society / Gorka Sierra, choirmaster / Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Theo Alcantara, conductor / Juan Jose Mena, conductor [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "Guridi's Sinfonía pirenaica was written in 1945 and premiered by this orchestra. It's a loquaciously colourful work teeming with textual incident and density and a three-movement symphony of great character and imagination" |
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Bilbao So/Juan Jose Mena
Isasi: Symphony No 2/Ste No 2 [ Naxos / CD - released 31/May/2004 ] |
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JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / José Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Serebrier gets back to his roots in a couple of agreeable tangos but the First Symphony is a fascinating document from a teenage composer." Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Apr/2015 ] "A very attractive collection of Verdi's little-known ballet music from Serebrier and his Bournemouth forces, with nearly two hours of elegantly performed music on a single disc." BBC Music Magazine, January 2013 **** |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Stokowski Symphonic Transcriptions of Mussorgsky (plus music by Tchaikovsky) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Jose Serebrier (cond) [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 9/Oct/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "Brilliant recordings of Stokowski's technicolor spectaculars" (Gramophone) |
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WAGNER
Symphonic Syntheses by Stokowski Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "The opening track sets the tone of the album. It will come as no surprise that Stokowski's view of Das Rheingold's final scene is gutsy and spectacular - out-Wagnering Wagner. The conductor's enriched brass and percussion heighten Wagner's... |
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J.S. BACH / PURCELL / HANDEL
Stokowski Transcriptions Vol 1 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] "Stokowski's Bach transcriptions have received a great deal of attention on disc lately, but this is one of the very few recordings that has the genuine flavor that Stoki himself brought to them...The engineering supports the interpretations... |
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J.S. BACH / PALESTRINA / CLARKE / HAYDN / etc
Stokowski Transcriptions Vol 2 (Incls Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] "The entire set of pieces rings with ennobled enthusiasm, a testament to Stokowski via the Leopold Stokowski Society and its most active disciple, Serebrier." (AudAud.com) |
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NED ROREM
Rorem: Three Symphonies Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Nov/2003 ] "Essential Rorem...This recent disc offers overdue premiere recordings of Rorem's first two symphonies with the better-known Third, and the two earlier works are real discoveries. There is a 1950s Americana feel in this music with its lean melancholy... |
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WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Violin Concerto, New England Triptych (with Ives-Variations on 'America') Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (July 2001) |
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Best Of The Vanguard Years [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Fire & Fleet & Candlelight [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Illuminations [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |